UNDESA
22 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 January 2013: UN Member States have been asked to send written submissions of their views on lessons learned from the past 20 years of the work of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), in preparation for its final session (CSD 20), convening later this year. In consultations hosted by the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan, chair of CSD 20, delegates also discussed the agenda, duration, and timing of CSD 20.
Opening the meeting in New York, US, on 15 January 2013, Byrganym...
06 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
December 2012: Comoros, Fiji and Haiti responded to a questionnaire on the development of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, hosted by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), posted governments’ responses to the 12 questions contained in the questionnaire, which came from 61 Member States and the EU and its Member States.
On priority areas for the SDGs, Fiji highlights macroeconomic stability and climate change,...
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30 Nov 2012
On 21 November, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon nominated Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, as the Secretary-General for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States.
The Conference, which will be held in Apia, Samoa, in 2014 (date to be decided), will seek a renewed political commitment to address the special needs and vulnerabilities of the small island developing States by focusing on practical and pragmatic actions...
29 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 November 2012: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, as Secretary-General for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The Conference, which will seek renewed political commitment to address the special needs of SIDS, is scheduled to take place in Apia, Samoa, in 2014.
According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Wu and DESA will work in...
07 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 November 2012: The latest issue of the newsletter of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) features an interview with Seychelles’ Foreign Minister, Jean-Paul Adam. Adam discussed: the effects on Pacific and Indian Ocean countries of rising sea-levels; ocean acidification and its effects on food security; the role of tourism in the economies of small island developing States (SIDS); and the upcoming international conference on sustainable development of SIDS in 2014....
